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November 4 2007, 12:00am, The Sunday Times

93-year-old dies in car park row A 50-year-old man was in custody yesterday after a 93-year-old was killed during a row over a car parking space. The pensioner, from Beacon Park, Devon, fell to the ground and hit his head in the row between his son and another man at Lister Mill business park, Plymouth. The pensioner died later in hospital. Chief Superintendent Jim Webster said: "It was quite an ordinary dispute that could happen on a Friday afternoon. It was just an unfortunate argument."

Tories warn of high cost of 'bin tax' Ministers were accused of misleading the public over the cost of its planned "bin tax", which they say will be "revenue neutral". However, Eric Pickles, the Conservative spokesman, said: "Bin taxes are…